美国总统唐纳德·特朗普于2026年10月3日在俄亥俄州万达利亚参加中期选举集会。
US President Donald Trump at a rally for the midterm elections in Vandalia, Ohio, on October 3, 2026.
唐纳德·特朗普绝不会承认，尤其是中期选举定于11月3日举行。但他多么希望能把2026年倒回去？回到它的开端，回到1月3日那场在委内瑞拉的壮观突袭，以抓获其总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗？他的第二任期就在那之后开始瓦解。1月，明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯发生了两名活动人士死亡事件，他们被负责追捕无证移民的联邦移民官员杀害，给社会带来巨大震动。而最重要的是，2月底与以色列一起发动的对伊朗战争，标志着双重背叛。
Donald Trump would never admit it, especially with the midterm elections set for November 3. But what wouldn't he give to rewind the year 2026? To go back to its beginnings, to that spectacular raid in Venezuela on January 3 to seize its president, Nicolas Maduro? His second term unraveled after that. There were the two deaths of activists in Minneapolis Minnesota, in January, killed by federal immigration officers tasked with pursuing undocumented immigrants, sending shock waves through society. Above all, there was the war in Iran, launched at the end of February alongside Israel, which marked a double betrayal.
候选人特朗普曾承诺，生活成本将迅速得到控制，且不会发动任何新的对外军事冒险。与德黑兰的战略灾难，缺乏任何迫在眉睫或体面的解决方案，但最重要的是，汽油价格飙升——2月底每加仑2.98美元，如今已达4.28美元——让美国总统陷入政治噩梦。他关于所谓“黄金时代”的铿锵宣言已空洞数月。公众唯一记得的黄金，是椭圆形办公室墙壁上那层金箔，完全出自一位自封的迈达斯之意，他为自己授予一切纵欲。
Candidate Trump had promised that the cost of living would quickly be brought under control and that no new foreign military ventures would be launched. The strategic debacle with Tehran, the lack of any imminent or honorable resolution, but above all the explosion in gas prices – $2.98 per gallon at the end of February, $4.28 today – has trapped the American president in a political nightmare. His emphatic proclamations about a supposed "golden age" have rung hollow for months. The only gold the public remembers is that covering the walls of the Oval Office, by the sole will of a self-appointed Midas granting himself every indulgence.